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The Gasol(s) Trade

The Lakers traded Kwame Brown, Jarvis Crittenton, two first round picks and Aaron McKie for Pau Gasol and a second round pick.  "Aaron McKie?" you say.  Yes, the same guy that hasn't played all year, played 24 games in the past two years and actually was a free agent yesterday.  Yep, the Lakers signed him just to make the salaries work.  Pretty sweet deal for McKie.  I doubt the Grizzlies even ask him to show up.  I wonder what's preventing the Grizzlies from buying him out for a predetermined low amount.  The Lakers could have called McKie earlier in the week, saying they needed to sign him to a one year, $3 million dollar deal to make the cap numbers work in a trade.  But the Grizzlies were going to buy him out for only $100000 afterwards.  You think he'd say no to that?  $100000 to sign a couple sheets of paper?

I presume the NBA has some sorts of rules preventing that, but then again they don't have rules preventing the total circumvention of the trade rules that obviously occurred.

You know what really pisses me off?  Everyone knows the deal here.  McKie isn't going to play for the Grizzlies.  No one is fooling anyone.  So why not find a single-mother living in a shit hole in LA and sign her to a one-year contract and trade her to Memphis?  McKie, a rich man already, gets richer by doing absolutely nothing.

[Edit: I may have this wrong, but the Lakers needed to pay McKie a minimum of $750000 to make the salaries work, but since he's a +10 year vet they had to sign him to a $1.22 million deal; prorated for the rest of the year and that's $522000 dollars.]

As for the trade, the Lakers obviously got better.  As Hollinger pointed out, Gasol can play the high post in the triangle and actually be a threat to can the 15-20' jumper (something Kwame couldn't do).  Does this make the Lakers the favorite in the West?  Hell, I don't know.  Maybe?  It definitely makes it less likely that the Spurs will come out of the West.  They currently would have to play the Lakers --> New Orleans --> Dallas / PHX.  The Spurs could legitimately lose any one of those series.  When's the last time we were really worried about their first round opponent?

Oh, and about Gasol being soft.  They traded Kwame Brown for him people.  The man was called a puss by his own 75 year-old hunch-backed coach.  If it weren't for Brad Miller, Kwame Brown would be the softest NBA player ever to wear corn-rows.

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Re: The Gasol(s) Trade
To be honest if are big 3 are healthy I'm not worried at all. Tim can do whatever he wants. Parker owns fisher and who the hell is going to guard Manu?

IF the Spurs are healthy they will repeat..if not then it doesn't matter who we play we will lose.

Also, it will be nice to have a bench of Damon, Barry, Ime and Manu..who can all put the ball in the basket. No offense to Vaughn but I want a scorer in there with the second unit.

The Spurs should just fine. Gasol is a good pick up..but lets see how he plays with Kobe and Baby Shaq..before we hand the crown to Los Angeles.

by adam8065 on Feb 1, 2008 8:54 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Kwame, Jason, Darko
The Grizzlies now have Kwame Brown, Jason Collins and Darko Milicic on their squad now. Talk about tanking a season. This trade is a coup from the Lakers perspective. However, I just want to see the Spurs get completely healthy. I like the squad's chances against anyone then.
"I will slap you into a jelly!!!!"

by DennardC on Feb 1, 2008 10:33 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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This trade better wake up the spurs.  No one is making three pointers consistently outside of manu.  While the grizzlies are in the business of unloading contracts for expiring ones how bout barry and a first round pick for mike miller?  That will keep us in contention.  Right now we need to get a lucky play off seedings if we are to win it all.  The suns will beat the lakers.  Warriors, or New Orleans will beat the mavs.  We can beat the suns and hornets but not the lakers or mavs.  

by speedostuffer on Feb 2, 2008 3:00 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

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Those salaries don't come close to working under the CBA.  You can use ESPN's Trade Machine to find something that works.

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/trademachine

by sungo on Feb 2, 2008 1:04 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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Throw in Frankie and it works.

by Krukow on Feb 2, 2008 2:41 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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The reason that McKie was able to be signed and traded like that was because the Lakers still owned his Early-Bird Rights since he had been under contract with the Lakers for the last two years. He never retired, which means the he was still considered the Lakers' free agent to sign. Under the CBA, you have to be a team's free agent to be involved in a sign-and-trade, which is why the Lakers could not "find a single-mother living in a shit hole in LA and sign her to a one-year contract and trade her to Memphis." If said single mom was a Laker the year before, then that could happen.

by Captain Midnight on Feb 3, 2008 10:48 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Re: The Gasol(s) Trade
you know what else works in the trade machine...finley and horry for mike miller!
just saying, if memphis really wants to tank and get expiring contracts...i'm sure we can throw in a first round pick rather than waste it on the likes of marcus williams.

by wakespursfan on Feb 4, 2008 12:55 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Re: The Gasol(s) Trade
nobody in the NBA is softer than ray ray allen.

by bones on Feb 4, 2008 1:21 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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